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1、TheTheoryoftheLeisureClassbyThorsteinVeblenAPennStateElectronicClassicsSeriesPublicationTheTheoryoftheLeisureClassbyThorsteinVeblenisapublicationofthePennsylvaniaStateUniversity.ThisPortableDocumentfileisfurnishedfreeandwithoutanychargeofanykind.Anypersonusingthisdocumentfil
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4、andeasyaccessofthosewishingtomakeuseofthem.CoverDesign:JimManisCopyright©2003ThePennsylvaniaStateUniversityThePennsylvaniaStateUniversityisanequalopportunityuniversity.VeblenTheTheoryoftheisthedistinctionmaintainedbetweentheemploymentspropertotheseveralclasses.Theupperclasse
5、sarebycustomexemptorexcludedfromindustrialoccupations,andarere-LeisureClassservedforcertainemploymentstowhichadegreeofhonourattaches.Chiefamongthehonourableemploymentsinanyfeudalcommunityiswarfare;andpriestlyserviceiscom-bymonlysecondtowarfare.Ifthebarbariancommunityisnotnot
6、ablywarlike,thepriestlyofficemaytaketheprecedence,ThorsteinVeblenwiththatofthewarriorsecond.Buttheruleholdswithbutslightexceptionsthat,whetherwarriorsorpriests,theupperclassesareexemptfromindustrialemployments,andthisChapterOneexemptionistheeconomicexpressionoftheirsuperiorr
7、ank.BrahminIndiaaffordsafairillustrationoftheindustrialex-Introductoryemptionofboththeseclasses.Inthecommunitiesbelong-ingtothehigherbarbarianculturethereisaconsiderabledifferentiationofsub-classeswithinwhatmaybecompre-HEINSTITUTIONofaleisureclassisfoundinitshensivelycalledt
8、heleisureclass;andthereisacorrespond-bestdevelopmentatthehigherstagesoftheb